Chapter 115 The Gap in Affinity
Grantham's question made Ferdinand's first reaction feel confusion and shock, but then he felt ecstasy.
Because Grantham's behavior actually gave him an opportunity to do something big.
Meredith also showed a shocked expression. He watched the situation develop in an unpredictable direction and began to worry about how this matter would end.
Ferdinand's view represents the mainstream view of most priests of the Knights of Time and Space. After all, everyone's understanding of synesthesia is still very limited. Controlling space-time creatures does not seem complicated or difficult on the surface, but only after becoming a manipulator and dealing with space-time creatures, will you understand how difficult it is.
Because space-time creatures themselves are a kind of creature that is difficult to understand and even more difficult to control.
Forcibly suppressing space-time creatures may cause them to run away and cause backlash. However, if you obey the space-time creatures in everything, these creatures will become more aggressive and turn the manipulators into their puppets and slaves.
Everyone in the Spacetime Knights is trying their best to build affinity with the spacetime creatures and drive them to fight, but so far no priest or knight has been able to truly establish a complete mind-to-mind connection with the spacetime creatures.
Don’t the other branches of the Spacetime Knights know that raising these spacetime creatures requires consuming a large amount of spacetime particles and other resources, and also poses very serious security risks?
They obviously know this, but the problem is that even if they know this, they have to do it because it is necessary to keep these branches standing.
And at this time, Grantham said shamelessly that he had established a perfect affinity with the space-time creatures, so there was no need to raise these space-time creatures in the branch?
In Ferdinand's opinion, this was just like an ordinary middle school student saying that he had perfectly mastered all the courses in college and even graduate school, so he didn't need to review seriously anymore.
Ferdinand couldn't help but smile meaningfully. Since Grantham took the initiative to hand the knife to him, it would be unreasonable for him not to use it.
"In that case, could you please show me what it means to be in perfect harmony with space-time creatures?"
"If we can really achieve this perfect affinity, it would be the best, but if we can't, it means that there are huge loopholes in the daily construction of the Liming City branch and there are big problems in the training of combat power."
Grantham smiled, "Okay."
"In that case, let's each bring out our own space-time creatures with level three energy fluctuations to compete with each other. What do you think?"
Ferdinand is also a manipulator, but his energy fluctuation level is much higher than Chen She’s current energy fluctuation level, and is consistent with Grantham’s original strength, both of which are level 5 energy fluctuations.
As a manipulator, he has a high affinity with the creatures of time and space.
These manipulators generally use two methods to manipulate space-time creatures. One is conventional summoning, using space-time particles and various resources to summon wild space-time creatures from space-time rifts and manipulate them.
The advantage of this control method is that it can leverage a large amount of resources to mobilize very powerful space-time creatures, but the problem is that the space-time creatures summoned in this way are often uncontrollable. Although they are powerful, the risk of losing control is also greatly increased. It is a means of mass destruction used in emergency situations and is basically not used in normal times.
Another way is to establish a deep connection with a space-time creature and constantly cultivate the affinity between the two. This is the so-called original space-time creature.
Compared with wild space-time creatures, this kind of space-time creature is more like a domestic one. They are all cultivated from a space-time creature with relatively weak energy. As the strength of the manipulator continues to increase, the mouse-like space-time creature that Grantham now owns belongs to this category.
The energy fluctuation level of this kind of space-time creature is relatively low, basically the same as or slightly lower than that of the manipulator, but due to long-term cultivation, it has a high degree of affinity with the manipulator. And the most crucial point is that because it is nourished by the manipulator, there is a certain connection with the strength of the manipulator himself.
This kind of space-time creature will not die completely, but every death will cause a certain weakening of the ability of the operator itself.
Ferdinand couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Okay, then let's use the third-level energy fluctuations to compete."
Ferdinand knew very well that Grantham's current attitude clearly showed that he was hostile to him, and he wanted to take this opportunity to completely subdue him.
Neither side is willing to give in to the other. At this point, whoever has a deeper understanding of synaesthesia knowledge and a stronger affinity for space-time creatures will have greater say.
Ferdinand originally thought that Grantham would retreat and make some concessions, but now it seems that Grantham is not only not scared off by him, but is also rising to the challenge and wants to confront him head-on.
For Ferdinand, this was exactly what he wanted. After all, in his opinion, Grantham must have suffered heavy losses in the previous battles, and although both sides were fighting against space-time creatures with level 3 energy fluctuations, he would definitely have a certain advantage.
If they could take advantage of this opportunity to directly damage Grantham's original space-time creature and further weaken Grantham's strength, then the position of the black priest would be further away from Grantham.
Meredith obviously didn't expect that these two people would not give in to each other, and the situation had become unmanageable in just a few words. But he had no choice at this time. After all, he couldn't stop this matter by himself.
Strength has always been respected within the Time and Space Knights, and whoever has the harder fist will naturally occupy a high position.
Both of them have ideas about the position of the black priest, and a fight will happen sooner or later.
With Meredith as witness, the two people each summoned their own time and space creatures.
Ferdinand limited his space-time creature to around level three energy fluctuations. It looked a bit like a large hound, with both speed and strength. It had pitch-black space-time matter flowing through its body, making it look extremely ferocious.
And Grantham once again showed off his little mouse.
Ferdinand couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, feeling angry and amused.
He didn't expect that Grantham would look down on him so much. Although the smaller the size of a space-time creature, the easier it is to control, if the size is too small, it will inevitably have a great disadvantage in strength.
Grantham actually used such a tiny space-time creature to fight against himself. He must have lost his mind.
"Are you sure you want to use it to fight? Once the original space-time creature dies, it will cause certain damage to the operator. You should be aware of this." Meredith reminded him kindly.
But Ferdinand obviously didn't want to give Grantham any chance to regret. Before Grantham could respond, he had already controlled this hound-like space-time creature to rush towards the little mouse in front of him!
He obviously wanted to strike first and bite the little mouse to death and end the fight as soon as possible.
Meredith couldn't help but frown. He could see that Ferdinand had no intention of holding back at all, and Meredith didn't know whether to stop him or not.
However, the next second, a scene that shocked Meredith appeared.
The little mouse actually jumped up at an extremely fast speed and dodged the hound's attack. Not only that, the little mouse moved swiftly and spun around the hound with ease, with incredible agility!
And every time this little mouse passed by the hound, it was always able to bite off a lot of space-time matter in one bite.
It was obvious that although the hound was ferocious, it was a little slow in its movements. Each of its attacks was very clumsy, and it was completely helpless against the nimble little mouse, which was always able to easily dodge the attacks and find the best time to counterattack.
The fight between these two space-time creatures is like a strong man with no fighting skills being toyed around by a fighting master. He has all the strength but cannot even touch the corner of his opponent's clothes!
Ferdinand's face turned ugly in an instant, because he did not expect that this battle would be so one-sided.
But he still didn't give up, because this kind of battle gave him an illusion, as if as long as the space-time creature he controlled bit the little mouse, the battle would end instantly, which gave him a vague hope.
But soon this illusory hope was shattered. After teasing the hound-like space-time creature for a while, the little mouse suddenly attacked, biting the hound's throat from bottom to top at an extremely tricky angle, and drilled directly into the hound's body!
The hound almost lost control instantly, struggling wildly and crashing into the surroundings. The space-time matter on his body seemed to boil and expand continuously, as if it was on the verge of losing control.
Ferdinand's face turned extremely ugly. He tried his best to control this space-time creature. Even some space-time matter appeared on his body. This was because the loss of control of the space-time creature also had a certain impact on his body.
But even so, Ferdinand's attempt to regain control of the space-time creature completely failed, and the space-time creature soon became on the verge of losing control.
Just when Meredith was about to take action to destroy this out-of-control space-time creature, the little mouse rushed out from the back of the space-time creature again and ended its life.
With a "puff" sound, a lot of black space-time matter spewed out of Ferdinand's mouth.
Then he forcibly suppressed these space-time substances.
It was obvious that the death of this original space-time creature had caused him some trauma. Although there was only a third-level energy fluctuation, once this deep connection was damaged, it would still have a serious impact on the manipulator.
Meredith, who was standing aside and witnessed the whole process, was completely stunned.
He didn't expect that this battle would be a completely one-sided crushing victory.
Logically speaking, both sides are using space-time creatures with third-level energy fluctuations. Although there are differences in speed, skills, strength and other aspects between these two space-time creatures, the overall difference will not be very large. The reason for such a huge difference in the result is entirely due to the difference in control over the space-time creatures between the two sides.
In other words, Grantham's affinity for and ability to control space-time creatures are far greater than his opponent's, which is why he was able to resolve the battle so cleanly and efficiently.
Ferdinand's eyes were still filled with disbelief. He could not believe that Grantham had completely crushed him in terms of affinity with space-time creatures.
It can even be said that in terms of manipulating space-time creatures, the skills demonstrated by Grantham have surpassed all the priests Ferdinand knows. This is simply an incredible phenomenon.
Meredith was stunned for a moment, then quickly praised: "Mr. Grantham, your ability to control space-time creatures really opened my eyes. It seems that the Red Priest favors you for a reason. I have benefited a lot from my visit this time. I hope we can discuss more about synaesthesia in the future."
Chen She controlled Grantham and nodded with a smile. "Of course, popularizing synaesthesia knowledge to everyone is the mission that Master Epsilon left for us."
He could clearly feel that Meredith's attitude towards him had become closer. After all, in the Knights of Spacetime, a strong affinity and synesthesia for spacetime creatures was not only a reflection of future combat power, but also a necessary condition for gaining the right to speak in the Knights of Spacetime.
After becoming the top leaders of the Spacetime Knights, fatal conflicts would hardly break out between them. At such times, whoever had a strong affinity and synesthesia for the spacetime creatures would also have greater power.
Meredith seemed to have seen the rising star of Grantham. Just relying on this strong affinity for space-time creatures, it meant that the strength of the branch led by Grantham would continue to grow, and even in the future this model would be popularized in all branches.
Meredith had clearly sensed the gap between herself and Grantham, so she became more respectful and friendly.
As for Ferdinand, he obviously had a lot of reluctance. But in this battle between the space-time creatures, he was indeed beaten without any chance to fight back. He realized that there was indeed a huge difference between his ability and Grantham's in this regard, so although his energy fluctuation level was very high and his strength was also very strong, he could not get angry and take action in this situation.
I can only swallow my anger and temporarily retreat to the defensive.
Chen She controlled Grantham and continued to walk inside with Meredith.
Meredith discovered that some of these believers were trying to manipulate space-time creatures, and their methods seemed to be exactly the same as Grantham's, but very different from the traditional methods of other branches.
This is enough to show that the branch of the Spacetime Knights in Dawn City seems to have mastered a special method of controlling spacetime creatures, and the effect is much better than traditional methods.
In addition, there are some people who do not receive training in synesthesia, but instead receive training in physical fitness and shooting techniques.
These people do not seem to possess any synaesthesia abilities, but rather a genetic or mechanical pathway.
